Book Review: The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller

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Professional-quality, elegaic Homeric slashfic.

Comments

[uneko]

From what I remember

Achilles and Patrocles

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I might have been a little overly cute with the whole "slashfic" thing. I know that the Greeks were less coy about Patrocles' and Achilles' relationship.

Re: Achilles and Patrocles

[uneko]

Actually I was replying more to the statement "I don't think Miller is the first reinterpreter of Homer's epic to suggest..." which implied, at least to me, that you weren't sure on the matter and weren't aware of the actual history -- which I think is fascinating, which was why I was happy to type about it :)